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those lights up there, that's a coast guard cutter that just pulled in front of us asking us to stop and now these three boats are boarding us. their message is clear in their body language. keep away from the island. as the sunrises we get our first view of the island. a jagged huddle of rocks sticking up from the deep blue waters of the east china sea. for decades, these islands for all but forgotten. now the japanese coast guard make sure that no one, japanese or chinese, can go aboard. but that's done nothing to help china. suddenly the japanese coast guard tells us there are chinese ships in their way. on the horizon we see them, four ships, all clearly inside japanese waters. overhead a japanese air force plane swoops low, but the chinese ships steam on, undetered. until last month it was inconceiveable that japan and china could come to blows over this remote group of islands. yet look at the today, there's a tense standoff going on, the japanese coast guard is very nervous about us being here, they're clearly worried this could turn into some sort of international incident. t
those lights up there, that's a coast guard cutter that just pulled in front of us asking us to stop and now these three boats are boarding us. their message is clear in their body language. keep away from the island. as the sunrises we get our first view of the island. a jagged huddle of rocks sticking up from the deep blue waters of the east china sea. for decades, these islands for all but forgotten. now the japanese coast guard make sure that no one, japanese or chinese, can go aboard. but...
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going to help us out. clouds and rain to the north of us, by tomorrow morning, a few clouds pushing over the yeah air. that will help to insulate us in the overnight hours if it pulls early enough, it will offset our -- in recent dues by the afternoon we're partly cloudy once again. so calling for high clouds overhead for tomorrow morning. temperatures in the 40s for most of us, and the warming trend continuing. it looks like wednesday will actually be the warmest day, lower 70s. tomorrow morning we'll wake up. it's a chilly start for. forty-six expected in redwood city. forty-four for fremont and afternoon highs for tomorrow, low to mid to upper 60s. sixty-seven santa rosa, 66 for danville, into the south bay. sixty-eight south bay. sixty-five san mateo, low 60s with mostly cloudy skies. there's the extended forecast. by friday, a chance for rain will arrive and it's going to stick around. it looks like saturday we have another round and a possibility of a few scattered showers. temperatures in the too ba
going to help us out. clouds and rain to the north of us, by tomorrow morning, a few clouds pushing over the yeah air. that will help to insulate us in the overnight hours if it pulls early enough, it will offset our -- in recent dues by the afternoon we're partly cloudy once again. so calling for high clouds overhead for tomorrow morning. temperatures in the 40s for most of us, and the warming trend continuing. it looks like wednesday will actually be the warmest day, lower 70s. tomorrow...
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wendell goler is he at the white house for us. we are hearing the president plans to do something differently this time after talks fell apart last year instead of late nights in the can net room. he will will meet with civic leads on friday to try to get him on his side. he and house speaker john boehner were close to a deal last year and people chose his way last week tuesday weigh found out that the majority of people agree with my approach. democrats, independence and some republicans. now we need a majority in congress to listen. >> mitch mcconnell didn't give mr. obama a mandate. they just gave him more time' and speaker boehner still objects to higher tax rates, shepard. >> shepard: republicans here and there are changing their tunes on a lot of things. bill kristol the conservative commentator is one of them, he says raise taxes on the millionaires it won't kill us that shook the g.o.p. establishment. he supports the president's own deficit reduction commission taxes and spending cuts which mr. obama himself turned down. c
wendell goler is he at the white house for us. we are hearing the president plans to do something differently this time after talks fell apart last year instead of late nights in the can net room. he will will meet with civic leads on friday to try to get him on his side. he and house speaker john boehner were close to a deal last year and people chose his way last week tuesday weigh found out that the majority of people agree with my approach. democrats, independence and some republicans. now...
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amber lee tells us how police found this little boy. >> reporter: police tell us they used every resource available to find this little 11-year-old boy. he was found near palocita school at 11:00 p.m.. we went to the home of the boy. while we were speaking to the family, police called to tell us that the boy had been found and that they were trying to locate the father. when we told police we were with the family they asked us to let us know he was safe. >> police just found him. >> really. >> they just found him and they are going to call you any minute now. >> hello. >> mr. ren handed the phone to his stepson when detectives called because he doesn't speak english. >> hi, hi. okay where? >> reporter: in mandarin, the father thanks police. the boy's stepbrother says he is relieved. >> very happy right now. >> we caught up with father and son after they were reunited with each other. >> how are you doing? >> good. >> where did you go? >> to my friend's house. >> reporter: ren told us that he went to a different friend's home. and that he didn't want to call his father because he did not t
amber lee tells us how police found this little boy. >> reporter: police tell us they used every resource available to find this little 11-year-old boy. he was found near palocita school at 11:00 p.m.. we went to the home of the boy. while we were speaking to the family, police called to tell us that the boy had been found and that they were trying to locate the father. when we told police we were with the family they asked us to let us know he was safe. >> police just found him....
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i mean, it puts pressure on us. but i feel like we have a strong picket line. >> reporter: wage freezes and benefit cuts are at the heart of the dispute. the company says it has to compete with nonunion chains. neither side would comment on negotiations. >>> there are strikes and picket lines at plants that produce hostess products. they have been in dispute with unions and trying to work their way out of bankruptcy. a judge gave hostess permission to impose a contract rejected by workers that has deep cuts in wages and pensions. some plants will have to close unless the cuts are accepted. >>> american airlines and its pilots union have a tentative contract agreement. they have agreements with all the unions except the pilots union now. issues include pay, benefits, and work rules. the union's board must sign off on the tentative deal and present it to the pilots for ratification. >>> a new study shows more students from china are helping to drive up the international student rate in the u.s. enrollment grew six per
i mean, it puts pressure on us. but i feel like we have a strong picket line. >> reporter: wage freezes and benefit cuts are at the heart of the dispute. the company says it has to compete with nonunion chains. neither side would comment on negotiations. >>> there are strikes and picket lines at plants that produce hostess products. they have been in dispute with unions and trying to work their way out of bankruptcy. a judge gave hostess permission to impose a contract rejected...
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amber lee tells us how police found this little boy. >> reporter: police tell us they used every resource available to find this little 11-year-old boy. he was found near palocita school at 11:00 p.m.. we went to the home of the boy. while we were speaking to the family, police called to tell us that the boy had been found and that they were trying to locate the father. when we told police we were with the family they asked us to let us know he was safe. >> police just found him. >> really. >> they just found him and they are going to call you any minute now. >> hello. >> mr. ren handed the phone to his stepson when detectives called because he doesn't speak english. >> hi, hi. okay where? >> reporter: in mandarin, the father thanks police. the boy's stepbrother says he is relieved. >> very happy right now. >> we caught up with father and son after they were reunited with each other. >> how are you doing? >> good. >> where did you go? >> to my friend's house. >> reporter: ren told us that he went to a different friend's home. and that he didn't want to call his father because he did not t
amber lee tells us how police found this little boy. >> reporter: police tell us they used every resource available to find this little 11-year-old boy. he was found near palocita school at 11:00 p.m.. we went to the home of the boy. while we were speaking to the family, police called to tell us that the boy had been found and that they were trying to locate the father. when we told police we were with the family they asked us to let us know he was safe. >> police just found him....
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to you driving in the carpool lane with your corp tell us the story well. the the car pull in for those who don't know it's restricted during rush hour two vehicles that are carrying two or more persons as you say and there are road signs which explicitly say that. and the california vehicle code further defined as you said a person has a natural person in a corporation and so when i was stopped by the cop. i handed him or showed him the incorporation papers of my family foundation which is a nonprofit and i expected him to say yeah i think you've got a person in the car with you but no he didn't he gave me a ticket and for not having quote unquote two persons in the vehicle at that time and the last thing he said to me were you have to have two persons in the car and i said thank you very much and i drove and so what's what's next with you on this case. what's next is that we go to court sometime in early december perhaps may just ember and will be facing a judge who has to say yea or nay who say yes you can do this with corporation papers or actually that
to you driving in the carpool lane with your corp tell us the story well. the the car pull in for those who don't know it's restricted during rush hour two vehicles that are carrying two or more persons as you say and there are road signs which explicitly say that. and the california vehicle code further defined as you said a person has a natural person in a corporation and so when i was stopped by the cop. i handed him or showed him the incorporation papers of my family foundation which is a...
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in the us to the rest of the news among the biggest winners in last week's election where those of us who want to put an end to richard nixon's failed drug war voters in washington state and colorado took a bold steps last tuesday to approve ballot measures to legalize marijuana for all purposes and regulate and tax marijuana just like al. and already the passage of these new marijuana legalizing ballot initiatives is having a profound impact on that failed drug war in washington state to county prosecutors have already moved ahead and dismissed more than two hundred misdemeanor marijuana cases providing much needed relief to an already overburdened criminal justice system in two thousand and ten alone more than seven hundred fifty thousand americans were charged with possession of marijuana and virtually all of those arrests take place on the state level and with states dealing with budget cuts and overcrowded prisons letting nonviolent drug offenders go by legalizing marijuana seems like the smartest thing to do the only question is how will president obama's justice department whic
in the us to the rest of the news among the biggest winners in last week's election where those of us who want to put an end to richard nixon's failed drug war voters in washington state and colorado took a bold steps last tuesday to approve ballot measures to legalize marijuana for all purposes and regulate and tax marijuana just like al. and already the passage of these new marijuana legalizing ballot initiatives is having a profound impact on that failed drug war in washington state to...
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i use ed d to work in a grocery store in high school and college. my friend marguerite behind the register. it's as easy as scanning this bag. are you going to let me hold that scanner? am i going to do this? look at this, raj and jess. getting this going. look at that. it works. i still have the magic touch at the old register. $10 for helping to feed the bay area. so you have to come out and do it. >> like president bush years ago. thank you, jeff. jeff in the safeway in san francisco. i'll be in menlo park. >> i'll be at the new one on saturday. it's really nice. >>> a report on california's snowpack. the potential impact in drinking water and our crops. >>> also coming up it could be a dieting dream. the science behind a so-called fat blocking soda. >>> and a milestone for the bay bridge. we'll explain next. >>> police are warning residents to be on alert after a string of burglaries in an area east of 101 around coyote point and 92. police say the majority of the crimes happened during weekday hours. the suspects often knocked on doors. then if
i use ed d to work in a grocery store in high school and college. my friend marguerite behind the register. it's as easy as scanning this bag. are you going to let me hold that scanner? am i going to do this? look at this, raj and jess. getting this going. look at that. it works. i still have the magic touch at the old register. $10 for helping to feed the bay area. so you have to come out and do it. >> like president bush years ago. thank you, jeff. jeff in the safeway in san francisco....
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thanks for being with us. we appreciate your time. coming up next the president has big plans for the next four years. we know taxes are going up, but get ready because he has some plans for some very radical regulations. what are they? karl rove will explain next. and actress melissa joan hart did the unthinkable in hollywood. she supported mitt romney. she tells us about the brutal backlash she received after publicly picking mitt romney. that come up straight ahead. [ forsythe ] we don't just come up here for the view up in alaska. it's the cleanest, clearest water. we fd the best, sweetest crab for red lobster that we can find. [ male announr ] hurry in to rd lobster's crabfest! the only time of year you can savor 5 succulent crab entrees, all under 20 dollars. like a half-pound tender snow crab paired with savory grilled shrimp, st 12.99. or our hearty crab and roasted garlic seafood bake. [ forsythe ] if i wouldn't pt on my table at home, i wouldn't bring it in. my name's jon forsythe, and i seaood diffe
thanks for being with us. we appreciate your time. coming up next the president has big plans for the next four years. we know taxes are going up, but get ready because he has some plans for some very radical regulations. what are they? karl rove will explain next. and actress melissa joan hart did the unthinkable in hollywood. she supported mitt romney. she tells us about the brutal backlash she received after publicly picking mitt romney. that come up straight ahead. [ forsythe ] we don't...
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the nation is used to flooding at this time of year. the frequency of what is known as high water has increased dramatically in the last few years. thank you for joining us. how often does this happen? >> it is -- happens increasingly often. part of the issues in venice is we have observed over the last hundred years the frequency and magnitude of floods have gone up. this type of what is becoming increasingly frequent. >> why is that? is that to do with global warming or the fact the city is sinking? we have heard how venice had sunk in the last century. >> due to both. initially, there is no question that the sinking of the city accounts for about half of the level. the seat level rise is -- the thinking is under significant -- sinking is under significant control. we are lookuining at people wading through the water. when you look at the old buildings and think about the water getting in, there has to be some kind of damage done to the structure of these buildings, you cannot help? >> the main problem is the buildings were built to m
the nation is used to flooding at this time of year. the frequency of what is known as high water has increased dramatically in the last few years. thank you for joining us. how often does this happen? >> it is -- happens increasingly often. part of the issues in venice is we have observed over the last hundred years the frequency and magnitude of floods have gone up. this type of what is becoming increasingly frequent. >> why is that? is that to do with global warming or the fact...
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here is the grim stats n 2008 teen-age pot use up 40%, heavy use for teens increased 80%. states that have lenient medical marijuana laws driving those stats. why? because legalizing pot sends a message that it's fine to use it. getting the drug at the corner pot shop makes it available to anyone. ask any drug counselor here she will tell you once a child is introduced to intoxicants the child's life changes for the worst. some may not become substance involved but millions will. do we want to encourage that? sps don't care about addiction. they don't want judgments. want to smoke dug drugs? fine. want to abort a fetus, we'll drive tout clinic. want to have a kid when you're 16? no problem, we'll support you. did mitt romney spell that out what the progressive movement is all about? how the president enable that's? romney would not have lost 71% of the hispanic vote, i can tell you. i believe majority of americans can be persuaded the far left is a dangerous option. bent on destroying traditional america and replacing it with a social free fire zone driving depen densey an
here is the grim stats n 2008 teen-age pot use up 40%, heavy use for teens increased 80%. states that have lenient medical marijuana laws driving those stats. why? because legalizing pot sends a message that it's fine to use it. getting the drug at the corner pot shop makes it available to anyone. ask any drug counselor here she will tell you once a child is introduced to intoxicants the child's life changes for the worst. some may not become substance involved but millions will. do we want to...
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hello mr hepworth welcome to the show hell thank you thank you very much for being with us well let's start with the biggest story in russia u.s. relation i mean the missile shield in europe. we all remember that barack obama was caught on tape promising more flexibility to damage human value to former russian president do you think he'll keep the word do you think they'll be more flexibility from the american side understand you in the coming four years i really don't know and this is not because i'm a diplomat i actually. i mean i mean here in the u.s. we don't know anything indian we're going into a shell nothing no nothing. nothing nothing that well truly truly i hope there would be an opportunity to develop something which is different from previous four years of a standstill. whether it would be possible remains to be seen i don't believe the u.s. administration the obama administration. is it any possible mindset of immediately enter into these type of discussions with russia we are very firm in insisting upon what our two fold position that is we need a legally binding guarant
hello mr hepworth welcome to the show hell thank you thank you very much for being with us well let's start with the biggest story in russia u.s. relation i mean the missile shield in europe. we all remember that barack obama was caught on tape promising more flexibility to damage human value to former russian president do you think he'll keep the word do you think they'll be more flexibility from the american side understand you in the coming four years i really don't know and this is not...
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how should it be used? how should this information be used to? i use it to dole out treatment. that is how i thought we would kick start this seminar. i am happy to answer any other questions. i did not do this all by myself. i had a lot of individuals who helped me with this data. this research is all funded by the national research of health, your tax dollars. thank you for your attention. i will turn over to our moderator. thank you. [applause] >> actually, i would like to, i'm going to ask a few questions, but i was hoping we could get a debate going here rather than with me trying to ask intelligent questions and just have the very smart people just talking amongst themselves to educate us. so one of the questions that we're wanting to talk about today was the idea of free will in terms of the criminal justice system. and i would like to ask each of you, is there a definition of free will in the context of your individual work? we'll start with you, doctor. >> i would punt that one right over to david who is the expert in free will, and then we actually spent all last nigh
how should it be used? how should this information be used to? i use it to dole out treatment. that is how i thought we would kick start this seminar. i am happy to answer any other questions. i did not do this all by myself. i had a lot of individuals who helped me with this data. this research is all funded by the national research of health, your tax dollars. thank you for your attention. i will turn over to our moderator. thank you. [applause] >> actually, i would like to, i'm going...
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you can give us direction. by way of background, i put a slide up if sfgtv folks could go to the overhead for me. it shows, it shows our hetch hetchy annual generation. and, you know, we have 90 years worth of data that we're relying on to project forward. this slide shows you both the actual hetchy generation in the blue bars. the wet year projection, what we refer to as a wet year, what we refer to as normal year here in the green dash line. and then dry year. we use those same scenarios for our budget planning and financial planning. we set the budget every -- on our budget cycle every two years, assuming a normal generation year, a normal water year. of course, there are exceptions to that which this slide shows. so, the act requires that we -- that we start in calendar year 2011 meet 100% of our retail energy needs from hetch hetchy and rps eligible resources on a calendar year basis. it does have some limited exceptions and i'll describe those to you. what that means to us, sort of the simple math which i
you can give us direction. by way of background, i put a slide up if sfgtv folks could go to the overhead for me. it shows, it shows our hetch hetchy annual generation. and, you know, we have 90 years worth of data that we're relying on to project forward. this slide shows you both the actual hetchy generation in the blue bars. the wet year projection, what we refer to as a wet year, what we refer to as normal year here in the green dash line. and then dry year. we use those same scenarios for...
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perhaps we can help with the resources that the city doesn't use to the highest use. let's take our space. we have a lot of assets under utilized. how can we allow the demonstrations that you're having today have a real field test for what they are, and if we could allow ourselves to be very flexible with our leases, our spaces we will allow ourselves to do that with partnership with green start and incubate some of the demonstrationos our property, let's take what we're doing specifically. with our sfpuc, with the department of the environment and melanie is here today and doing a great job with our mos connie center and i know we have a lot of panels up there already but doesn't fill all the roof tops and there is new technology coming out all the time. we have been challenged in the solar technology arena because traditional technology has heavy weight technology that always challenged the integrity of roof tops, and moscone is the one we found and let that be for one of these companies and light ultralight technology and use, cheaper way of getting solar out there
perhaps we can help with the resources that the city doesn't use to the highest use. let's take our space. we have a lot of assets under utilized. how can we allow the demonstrations that you're having today have a real field test for what they are, and if we could allow ourselves to be very flexible with our leases, our spaces we will allow ourselves to do that with partnership with green start and incubate some of the demonstrationos our property, let's take what we're doing specifically....
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the open conversations, the honest conversation bs what is working, what is not working and will help us in the future in the city. thank you president chiu. >> thank you. i want to thank you for your work you have done at department of technology and tough economic times and the fact of the matter is your department has been subjected to the lion's share of budget cuts we were forced to do and not asking departments to make similar cuts in their it situation and i think that is part of the tension and why we shouldn't know been able to make headway. you allude to the fact until you get direction from the top about need of centralization you had to form partnerships and you as the head of department of technology can't tell other heads to cooperate and you have to work out and partnership. one of the things that i wished the grand jury spent more time on. this is the trend we're seeing in agencies and governments around the country. by in large most governments have a growing decentralization and we know we're not doing that for everything but there are functions that need to be decentra
the open conversations, the honest conversation bs what is working, what is not working and will help us in the future in the city. thank you president chiu. >> thank you. i want to thank you for your work you have done at department of technology and tough economic times and the fact of the matter is your department has been subjected to the lion's share of budget cuts we were forced to do and not asking departments to make similar cuts in their it situation and i think that is part of...
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and show us your plan. [inaudible] and have had complaints against them because of compliance, we are also able to work with your peer the fundamental requirement for those is that we need you to finish the lawsuit or settle the lawsuit before we can work with you in terms of providing financing. the reason for that is the conversations and these issues can go on for a long time, and we want to make sure that you fundamentally understand what you need to comply with and what are your obligations as part of the settlement of the lawsuit. obviously, it can cost a lot of money. we have provided financing before. it is a lot of money. so come and talk to the office of small business and make sure you have professionals and task inspectors and contractors lined up so that we can be part of that conversation in terms of helping you maintain your business and helping to stay in business despite the fact that a lot of businesses are being regulated by now. if you have questions, my information is in the packet. we
and show us your plan. [inaudible] and have had complaints against them because of compliance, we are also able to work with your peer the fundamental requirement for those is that we need you to finish the lawsuit or settle the lawsuit before we can work with you in terms of providing financing. the reason for that is the conversations and these issues can go on for a long time, and we want to make sure that you fundamentally understand what you need to comply with and what are your...
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we don't actually use the world cyber bullying. we talk about the behavior and there is tons of research we're doing in how people are behaving on our platform and the tools we can give them to resolve their issues and either through themselves and trusted audiences, et cetera, or turn to us and we don't use the term "cyber bullying" and we don't think about it's the technology. it's about the behavior itself and i know there is ongoing debate with that and cyber bullying captures people's attentions and everything i have learned from anne and the nonprofit community and the academic folks who have researched this when you use a term like "cyber bullying" you are diminishing the behavior and placing it on the technology. >> personally i hate it. it suggests robots and not humans at all. let's think about humanity, not technology. >> so i want to show you a couple of things and show you my version of a sizzle reel which is not sizzle and i am also mindful it's 4:00 o'clock on a friday so we are the last people between you and weeken
we don't actually use the world cyber bullying. we talk about the behavior and there is tons of research we're doing in how people are behaving on our platform and the tools we can give them to resolve their issues and either through themselves and trusted audiences, et cetera, or turn to us and we don't use the term "cyber bullying" and we don't think about it's the technology. it's about the behavior itself and i know there is ongoing debate with that and cyber bullying captures...
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thank you again for hosting us. >> thank you for including us in "culturewire." ♪ >> good afternoon. this is our disaster council meeting of october 26. thank you all for coming. welcome to our emergency operations center. as you know we generally meet at city hall but today is a very special day that you will learn about as we unfold our agenda and thank you again for coming. i'm going to turn the table over to mayor lee who is going to give some opening remarks. >> thank you. good afternoon everyone and welcome to our turk street emergency operations center. first of all i want to thank everybody. anybody wearing orange gets a special treat in my eyes today. anyway we're still celebrating and i never knew that wearing orange and the giants and sports will be so closely connected to what we do in emergency management but it is and it is for good reason because our city's success is really dependent upon inviting thousands more people here to enjoy our resources here in the city, to tax us a little bit on it, but this is what we do as a great international city. all of you have a ver
thank you again for hosting us. >> thank you for including us in "culturewire." ♪ >> good afternoon. this is our disaster council meeting of october 26. thank you all for coming. welcome to our emergency operations center. as you know we generally meet at city hall but today is a very special day that you will learn about as we unfold our agenda and thank you again for coming. i'm going to turn the table over to mayor lee who is going to give some opening remarks....
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and i think it would be wrong for us to -- it would be wrong for us given the fact that we do have a labor management partnership. i know exactly who represents the employers and it really is about creating those work opportunities. i'm going to also say that i'm going to make myself available, not just to the people that are members of these labor organizations that i mentioned, but also the other organizations, but more importantly, i think the labor unions, the two i just mentioned and others are so sensitive and so in touch with our responsibilities in the community to open those doors and to facilitate work opportunities for the people that actually were part of this now before a lot of these union members came into the town. so, i'm hoping i can get some help from the people and the public to do that because i do recognize that there are conversations that have to take place with respect to these lbes. to the brothers and sisters that showed up today, i'm with you 100%. to the contractors who are here today, i'm with you 100%. but to the people that live in the city and county
and i think it would be wrong for us to -- it would be wrong for us given the fact that we do have a labor management partnership. i know exactly who represents the employers and it really is about creating those work opportunities. i'm going to also say that i'm going to make myself available, not just to the people that are members of these labor organizations that i mentioned, but also the other organizations, but more importantly, i think the labor unions, the two i just mentioned and...
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to use for small business. it is an important piece. >> [inaudible] >> there have been a cut in the budget. he wanted to know how that would cut the sba program. >> now we are getting into arcane budget discussions. the 2012 budget does slate a couple of sba programs for cutting. it also talks about cuts comparing next year to prior years, when we were the beneficiaries of stimulus funds, jobs act funds. one time-type things are being set as benchmarks. a cut from those one time- funding pieces that were not expected to be continued. in some ways, we do not see it as big as a cut. speaker pelosi was important to us in the jobs act in getting a lot of money put into the sba program. it allowed california to be the beneficiary of having hired guarantees for banks, no sba loans fees. in the first quarter of the year, lending in california was the most we ever did. we did $1 billion worth of small business loans in december, for example. that is something we have never done before. but that was a one time funding p
to use for small business. it is an important piece. >> [inaudible] >> there have been a cut in the budget. he wanted to know how that would cut the sba program. >> now we are getting into arcane budget discussions. the 2012 budget does slate a couple of sba programs for cutting. it also talks about cuts comparing next year to prior years, when we were the beneficiaries of stimulus funds, jobs act funds. one time-type things are being set as benchmarks. a cut from those one...
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thanks for watching us tonight. happy veterans day to all of how have served your country you are patriots. we have a power packed program four tonight. talking points memo will be in next segment. dennis miller thought that traditional america is gone forever is that true? i have interesting things to tell you. top story tonight, cia director david petraeus forced to resign over extramarital affair. this is an awful situation that the fbi knew about months ago but kept under wraps until after the presidential vote. not even senators on the intelligence committee knew what was going on. >> we received no advanced notice. it was like a lightning bolt. the way i found out, i came back to washington thursday night, friday morning, the staff director told me there were a knupp number of calls from press about this. i called david petraeus as a matter of fact i had an appointment with him at 3:00 that afternoon and that was cancelled. >> bill: so what does the story mean for you as an american citizen. with us is ravel -
thanks for watching us tonight. happy veterans day to all of how have served your country you are patriots. we have a power packed program four tonight. talking points memo will be in next segment. dennis miller thought that traditional america is gone forever is that true? i have interesting things to tell you. top story tonight, cia director david petraeus forced to resign over extramarital affair. this is an awful situation that the fbi knew about months ago but kept under wraps until after...
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we use to me in the center aisle and i used to talk to people like senator lieberman. you have to give a little to get a little. doesn't wind up getting you in political trouble? yesterday. but that is what this is all about. the president has said himself. he said america deserves better. yes, it does. senator mcconnell has to be engaged. harry reid has to be engaged. maybe it is the fiscal cliff, but we have to act on a lot of serious things and we have to do some of it now and we have to do a lot of it next year. if they do the right thing, that our country will benefit and the legacy will be secure. >> i want to open this up for just a minute. there are a lot of people engaged in this effort -- i would like to hear from some of them. before i do that to my would like to ask you a question about the election results. very close election, striking demographic divides that it reveals about the country. the republican voters look a lot like us. look around this room, it was middle-aged white males. the democratic voters, among asians and among young people and unmarrie
we use to me in the center aisle and i used to talk to people like senator lieberman. you have to give a little to get a little. doesn't wind up getting you in political trouble? yesterday. but that is what this is all about. the president has said himself. he said america deserves better. yes, it does. senator mcconnell has to be engaged. harry reid has to be engaged. maybe it is the fiscal cliff, but we have to act on a lot of serious things and we have to do some of it now and we have to do...
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the rest of us go, that's us right there. now, if you're wondering which group you're in, you're normal. the rest of us have known for a lot of years not normal. normal means most. most people don't drink and drive because it's illegal. they wear a seat belt because it's safe. they don't slap their kid and tell them that's because they love them and that's the way we show them. ok, there might be three groups of people in this room. normal, the rest of us and not getting any better anytime soon. the threat here is lesson. the shame is removed. the stigma is replaced, we go from dope to hope here at some point. we go from drinking and singing and lying and dying to staying and playing and praying and living and giving. that's what we get to do. i'm an incarcerated guy. incarceration was not the same as rehabilitation for me. it just wasn't the same. but i have been over 500 jails and prisons in 23 years. i speak nine languages now. they're all english, but i speak fortune 500. i speak corporate, i speak kid. i have a 5-year-ol
the rest of us go, that's us right there. now, if you're wondering which group you're in, you're normal. the rest of us have known for a lot of years not normal. normal means most. most people don't drink and drive because it's illegal. they wear a seat belt because it's safe. they don't slap their kid and tell them that's because they love them and that's the way we show them. ok, there might be three groups of people in this room. normal, the rest of us and not getting any better anytime...
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can be used for a variety of uses -- debt refinancing, building acquisition, working capital, so it can be used for a wide range of things from a small business point of view. as you heard, we do guarantees for about 90 or 100 banks in the country -- or in the bay area. about 3000 nationwide. there is a lot of lenders that do some sba lending. first thing you want to do is deal with the bank. if they are not able to make the loan by themselves, then go to our website, which is www. sba.gov, and look for the local page to see the local san francisco financing sources. but before you do that, the takeaway message here is that before you go to a bank, make sure you are cleared to do that. you do not want to go to a bank looking for financing for your business and ask them a question that will immediately give them a sense that you are not ready. you go to a bank and say, "how much can i borrow?" they will tell you, "i do not know, but probably not from us." you need to know exactly what you're looking for, how you are going to use the money, and how you will be paid the bank. part of the p
can be used for a variety of uses -- debt refinancing, building acquisition, working capital, so it can be used for a wide range of things from a small business point of view. as you heard, we do guarantees for about 90 or 100 banks in the country -- or in the bay area. about 3000 nationwide. there is a lot of lenders that do some sba lending. first thing you want to do is deal with the bank. if they are not able to make the loan by themselves, then go to our website, which is www. sba.gov, and...
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you earlier allowed us to register with us the western system that allows folks to have those credits certified in a way that's recognized by the marketplace. we are registering those credits, then, and we can use them ourselves in a subsequent compliance year. so, for example, in this year because last year was wet, 2011 was wet, we had some extra. this year we're going to need to purchase some, but we're also taking some of what we generated last year and applying it to this year. so, we're not having to purchase as much as we otherwise would have. >> and they don't expire? >> they do expire. under the regulations, they do expire. so, we would either use them or if we projected that we wouldn't need them, we would attempt to sell them before they expire. so, we extract the value one way or the other. >> that was my other question. and then i thought we budgeted in our budget for some additional renewable procurement. >> yes, we do have additional renewable procurement in our budget. some of that capacity, if you will, that financial capacity is absorbed by the power purchase agreeme
you earlier allowed us to register with us the western system that allows folks to have those credits certified in a way that's recognized by the marketplace. we are registering those credits, then, and we can use them ourselves in a subsequent compliance year. so, for example, in this year because last year was wet, 2011 was wet, we had some extra. this year we're going to need to purchase some, but we're also taking some of what we generated last year and applying it to this year. so, we're...
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and keep us safe every day. we acknowledge you and know you are heroes and we are very, very sorry for the loss of officer youngstrom. our third panel is called prevention and community engagement, promising approaches to stop bullying in the bay area. our moderator is rebecca randell, vice president of education programs at common sense media based here in san francisco. we became ka is responsible for partnering with school districts and departments of education across the country to help children and youth learn how to think critically, behave safely and participate responsibly in our digital world which we all have heard brings its own complications. she oversees the department's education staff, working in the 3 largest districts in the country, new york, denver, maine, texas, florida, and the bay area. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome rebecca randell. >> great, thank you, melinda. i'm going to ask you all to come up now. as they get seated i'll say a few words. all these panelists really bring a great
and keep us safe every day. we acknowledge you and know you are heroes and we are very, very sorry for the loss of officer youngstrom. our third panel is called prevention and community engagement, promising approaches to stop bullying in the bay area. our moderator is rebecca randell, vice president of education programs at common sense media based here in san francisco. we became ka is responsible for partnering with school districts and departments of education across the country to help...
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these measures have been killing is due to give us no future it's only for cattle and employment and misery to many people becoming desperate and it's almost like a visceral reaction a visceral reaction to these measures people that are getting angrier and angrier angela merkel says it supports the goal may have been as a sign of support for this thing daily to serve to highlight the. protestors message loud and clear way testers standing off against the royal family become very familiar protest gatherings in europe but perhaps not so familiar the poetry girl here until recently have been much more tolerant of the strict austerity measures that have been imposed on them but as you can see here portugal's patience is really running out with record levels of unemployment now fifteen percent and the country about to enter its third year of recession is becoming apparent that the country persons have hate could be a southern european success story now struggling to survive talk about cuts to jobs we talk about the search measures what does it mean to be living through that right now in p
these measures have been killing is due to give us no future it's only for cattle and employment and misery to many people becoming desperate and it's almost like a visceral reaction a visceral reaction to these measures people that are getting angrier and angrier angela merkel says it supports the goal may have been as a sign of support for this thing daily to serve to highlight the. protestors message loud and clear way testers standing off against the royal family become very familiar...
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it is a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today rory sushant live in moscow hard pressed for cash and hurting from austerity in britain is turning on tax ovoid is to help make up its budget shortfall and it's gunning for google amazon and starbucks first on the list the tax man wants to question them earning billions in revenue in britain but only paying peppercorn taxes if any for more on this i spoke to polly boy just a bit earlier in the program. these are three companies that dominate the u.k. economy they have billions of pounds worth of turnover the but it looks like they pay very little corporation tax to show for it and now employees are outraged by the fact that through very legal loopholes these companies that they say are acting in an immoral way are managing to dodge millions and billions of pounds worth of tax every single year and they want to try and put a stop to it now what about i mean the companies we talk about this being called it moral just how did the companies money used to contribute so little or noth
it is a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today rory sushant live in moscow hard pressed for cash and hurting from austerity in britain is turning on tax ovoid is to help make up its budget shortfall and it's gunning for google amazon and starbucks first on the list the tax man wants to question them earning billions in revenue in britain but only paying peppercorn taxes if any for more on this i spoke to polly boy just a bit earlier in the program. these are three companies that...
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stay with us. >> good morning. it was the piece to be the warm up act for the ravens last night -- it was supposed to be the warm up act for the ravens last night. an ugly game last night in the rain. kansas city gave the steelers all they could handle. 7-0, kc. ben roethlisberger to mike wallace. ben roethlisberger left the game with a shoulder strain. this game would go to overtime. matt cassel for is the intersection picked off by lawrence timmons. this sets up the game-winning field goal by shaun suisham. pittsburgh beats kansas city in overtime and are now a games behind baltimore. this sets up quite nicely. tomorrow and pittsburgh twice in three weeks. ravens with a winning game lead. the ravens feeling pretty good after a big win against the raiders. at home against the steelers the first on the road in prime time in pittsburgh. >> i'm a confidence guy. i think confidence is born of success. it doesn't guarantee anything. every week does stand on its own. playing well is a good thing. >> the ravens are playi
stay with us. >> good morning. it was the piece to be the warm up act for the ravens last night -- it was supposed to be the warm up act for the ravens last night. an ugly game last night in the rain. kansas city gave the steelers all they could handle. 7-0, kc. ben roethlisberger to mike wallace. ben roethlisberger left the game with a shoulder strain. this game would go to overtime. matt cassel for is the intersection picked off by lawrence timmons. this sets up the game-winning field...
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colleagues this item is before us. can we have a motion to approve this item and move forward with recommendation? okay. motion by supervisor kim and second by supervisor farrell and take that without objection. madam clerk our next item please. >> item seven is update on balboa park improvement. this is information item. >> good morning chair avalos, committee members. chufter fung with the authority. this is a status update on improvements to balboa park station. we are bringing this item. it's a multi-part presentation with participation of my counter parts at bart and mta. we know there is high interest in the community and on the part of commissioners in improving balboa park station. the timing is also good. the authority approved funding from prop k and the life line transportation program and other sources for improving balboa park station. this is a chance to see how the improvements are advancing and also there are upcoming funding decisions including most immediately an application for the one bay area grant
colleagues this item is before us. can we have a motion to approve this item and move forward with recommendation? okay. motion by supervisor kim and second by supervisor farrell and take that without objection. madam clerk our next item please. >> item seven is update on balboa park improvement. this is information item. >> good morning chair avalos, committee members. chufter fung with the authority. this is a status update on improvements to balboa park station. we are bringing...
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tell us more about it. this is persuasion, different than sangria combo price is learning and understanding what is the obstacle for this person is there something about what i understand my life and may experience to open up the possibility they would vote with us. it's extraordinary. .. the. >> let folks are going to lose this opportunity for same-sex marriage. the reality of it is that, you know, first of all, there are black people. there are black people who happen to be clear. >> imagine that. [laughter] >> there are black queer people and people who are not clear who actually support fairness and equality and don't believe in discrimination. like my mother. my mother is just a regular person, you know, she is not political. but what she said right after the election was, well, this is really a civil rights issue and that people are using the bible to confuse the matter. and i thought, yeah, that is so true. it is true. it really is a civil rights matter. the truth is that it is a civil rights issue y
tell us more about it. this is persuasion, different than sangria combo price is learning and understanding what is the obstacle for this person is there something about what i understand my life and may experience to open up the possibility they would vote with us. it's extraordinary. .. the. >> let folks are going to lose this opportunity for same-sex marriage. the reality of it is that, you know, first of all, there are black people. there are black people who happen to be clear....
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while we back with more news in just a few minutes stay with us. flying north with me in this old soviet work or so the helicopter is doctors landed near brodsky and his team from the region's medical aviation service we head across ever more barren tundra higher and higher into russia's arctic far north until eventually we see our landing spot with arrive at this tiny village after crossing hundreds of kilometers of snow a world of us as a boy here suffering on the doctors are going to see what they can do. inside a small building not one but two babies and their parents are waiting for us the doctors inspect them but can't make a diagnosis and decide to bring them to a regional hospital for better care spread lana doesn't like taking her baby away from home but she's been before and degrees to go that's the usual practice with those who live in the to draw the keep mothers with their newborns in hospital for a month. on the way back another stop to check on the health of some native nets reindeer herders out in the tundra it can take many hours t
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showing off his guns he says he's ready to use them again at a moment's notice. we are ready to defend ourselves and to fight fire with. sheikh mansour he accuses the syrian government of fermenting violence against the sunni's and that's why he says support for the uprising goes far beyond empathy. systems to the free syrian army then would do it within our capabilities if it is possible to give them a gun and some bullets then we're happy. however the syrian war plays out it's clear that the outcome will have repercussions far beyond its borders in tripoli the battle lines have been drawn and neither side seems willing to back down lucy caffein of tripoli lebanon. i can find out more about the potential fallout from the syrian conflict by logging on to our dot com there you'll also find the story of a syrian actor admired by millions of the arab world but he's pro ass of use made him a target for syrian rebels that his opposition fighters are increasingly accused of killing civilians simply for the early engines to the government. there in towns where no margot
showing off his guns he says he's ready to use them again at a moment's notice. we are ready to defend ourselves and to fight fire with. sheikh mansour he accuses the syrian government of fermenting violence against the sunni's and that's why he says support for the uprising goes far beyond empathy. systems to the free syrian army then would do it within our capabilities if it is possible to give them a gun and some bullets then we're happy. however the syrian war plays out it's clear that the...
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many of us are sick, we are not asking for anyone to help us along. we are not asking for the government, we paid for this. what it really is is a pyramid scheme. you have to get people working in this country so that they can pay in. it is not the people cheating the system. years ago we used to get articles about retirees in my condition. eating dog food. remember that? as it was cheaper than groceries. is that what this country has turned into? all of the veterans -- this general petraeus thing, i am very much ashamed that a leader of that man's competence would do something to ruin his career. as you can say, under the military code of justice, that is a crime. host: mark, how do we avoid the fiscal cliff? independent caller, hollywood, florida. you are on the air. caller: thank you. most people do not realize that the president makes $250,000 per year. if he paid, no one would have a problem. it would solve everything very simply. host: all right. edward, clinton, michigan. go ahead. caller: i have listened to this for a while. the thing that i l
many of us are sick, we are not asking for anyone to help us along. we are not asking for the government, we paid for this. what it really is is a pyramid scheme. you have to get people working in this country so that they can pay in. it is not the people cheating the system. years ago we used to get articles about retirees in my condition. eating dog food. remember that? as it was cheaper than groceries. is that what this country has turned into? all of the veterans -- this general petraeus...
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in to us as well, which we block. but there's a town, marshaltown, iowa, that recently did a not in our town, not in our community, article on this topic. the newspaper editor was tired of all those negative comments that come in to the newspaper because you see them under the article. at the same time in sioux falls, a town close to them, that had a suicide and the whole community came together to take a positive approach and that kind of combines the two things, looking at how we treat each other online as well as how we treat each other on the community. you can go to our wepb site and see the progression as the whole community came together, the school district, the city, the library and they all worked together saying this isn't what we want in our town and they are being very proactive. another thing is we work with students and they came up with a positive campaign on facebook that they did, we have a little film on cyber bullying where some students in new jersey came together and they called it a virtual hug.
in to us as well, which we block. but there's a town, marshaltown, iowa, that recently did a not in our town, not in our community, article on this topic. the newspaper editor was tired of all those negative comments that come in to the newspaper because you see them under the article. at the same time in sioux falls, a town close to them, that had a suicide and the whole community came together to take a positive approach and that kind of combines the two things, looking at how we treat each...
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you can write us at -- or walk in and say hello. and of course you can find more information moresfrecpark.org. -- >> welcome to "culturewire." today we are at recology. they are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique artist residency programs. we are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. welcome to the show, deborah. tell us how this program began 20 years ago. >> the program began 20 years ago. our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970's. she started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. she started with kids. they had an exhibition at city hall. city officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. >> how has the program changed over the years? how has the program -- what can the public has an artist engage with? >> for the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what
you can write us at -- or walk in and say hello. and of course you can find more information moresfrecpark.org. -- >> welcome to "culturewire." today we are at recology. they are celebrate 20 years of one of the most incredibly unique artist residency programs. we are here to learn more from one of the resident artists. welcome to the show, deborah. tell us how this program began 20 years ago. >> the program began 20 years ago. our founder was an environmentalist and an...
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my son is sick, and that affects all of us. my hope is to go to a european country and take care of my soften. all i am asking for is treatment for my son. >> but the short sea journey to europe can be pirro luis. in august nearly 60 people drowned, mostly women and children, drowned when a smuggler's boat overturned. >> he has asked us not to show his face. he is haunted by what happened. >> i saw people under the war. a woman and child tried to cling to me. people were all over each other and drowning. there was a little boy on the boat and i talked to him and said i would take care of him in europe. but he drowned. >> here, the shortest crossing to greece is just eight kilometers. the gateway to europe is close. having sold everything they own, many of the refugees are paying up to 5,000 pounds, their entire life savings, to try and escape to europe. what they hope they will find over there is safety and a new life. but in greece they find a country in the grip of economic crisis. the rise of the neo nazi golden dawn has cre
my son is sick, and that affects all of us. my hope is to go to a european country and take care of my soften. all i am asking for is treatment for my son. >> but the short sea journey to europe can be pirro luis. in august nearly 60 people drowned, mostly women and children, drowned when a smuggler's boat overturned. >> he has asked us not to show his face. he is haunted by what happened. >> i saw people under the war. a woman and child tried to cling to me. people were all...
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from quickly to use is hardly. disturbed. and is that combination of high religion and down to earth hard work that motivates these men. browsers. may miss it in reason manning has they care my daddy. a lot of those. there's a famous reuse benson played his own may seem very manly ransom business. college national backing for syria's rebels potentially bidding war for an arms and cash is something the newly formed opposition coalition is struggling to achieve the goals one accuser pushed for the new set up russia to proclaim it as the sole syrian people's representative but the wider arab league blog doesn't see it that way now middle east correspondent paula sleep with the latest. the six gulf states have formally recognize the new syrian coalition as the official representative of the syrian people the foreign minister of qatar has said that this recognition will remove obstacles that will ultimately be able to secure arms for syrian rebels the coalition does look set to set up a so-called government in exile if indeed this
from quickly to use is hardly. disturbed. and is that combination of high religion and down to earth hard work that motivates these men. browsers. may miss it in reason manning has they care my daddy. a lot of those. there's a famous reuse benson played his own may seem very manly ransom business. college national backing for syria's rebels potentially bidding war for an arms and cash is something the newly formed opposition coalition is struggling to achieve the goals one accuser pushed for...